https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy These are some examples of renewable energy en-us 2018-09-18 09:57:06 UTC 2026-01-01 07:14:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/312522292/d2298fb795d054e62dfff12704e93744/renewable_energy_gif.gif samTET https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788558 Biomass is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms. It most often refers to plants or plant-derived materials which are specifically called lignocellulosic biomass. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly via combustion to produce heat, or indirectly after converting it to various forms of biofuel. Conversion of biomass to biofuel can be achieved by different methods which are broadly classified into: thermal, chemical, and biochemical methods. Wood remains the largest biomass energy source today]]> 2018-09-18 09:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788558 samTET https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788559 Wave power, which captures the energy of ocean surface waves, and tidal power, converting the energy of tides, are two forms of hydropower with future potential; however, they are not yet widely employed commercially. A demonstration project operated by the Ocean Renewable Power Company on the coast of Maine, and connected to the grid, harnesses tidal power from the Bay of Fundy, location of world's highest tidal flow. Ocean thermal energy conversion, which uses the temperature difference between cooler deep and warmer surface waters, has currently no economic feasibility.]]> 2018-09-18 09:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788559 samTET https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788560 Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, is harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, concentrated solar power (CSP), concentrator photovoltaics (CPV), solar architecture and artificial photosynthesis. Solar technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active solar depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute solar energy. ]]> 2018-09-18 09:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788560 samTET https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788561 Airflows can be used to run wind turbines. Modern utility-scale wind turbines range from around 600 kW to 5 MW of rated power, although turbines with rated output of 1.5–3 MW have become the most common for commercial use. The largest generator capacity of a single installed onshore wind turbine reached 7.5 MW in 2015. The power available from the wind is a function of the cube of the wind speed, so as wind speed increases, power output increases up to the maximum output for the particular turbine. ]]> 2018-09-18 09:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788561 samTET https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788562 Geothermal energy is from thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth. Thermal energy is the energy that determines the temperature of matter. Earth's geothermal energy originates from the original formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of minerals (in currently uncertain but possibly roughly equal proportions). ]]> 2018-09-18 09:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282788562 samTET https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282793530 These are also not strictly renewable energy resources but are very abundant in availability and are very low in pollution when utilized. Hydrogen can be burned as a fuel, typically in a vehicle, with only water as the combustion product. This clean burning fuel can mean a significant reduction of pollution in cities. Or the hydrogen can be used in fuel cells, which are similar to batteries, to power an electric motor. In either case significant production of hydrogen requires abundant power. Due to the need for energy to produce the initial hydrogen gas, the result is the relocation of pollution from the cities to the power plants. There are several promising methods to produce hydrogen, such as solar power, that may alter this picture drastically.]]> 2018-09-18 10:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/samTET/renewable_energy/wish/282793530